I recently won a Ruger M77 .416 in an online auction for a great price. I happened to be the only one to bid I think because the person did not have a history. I called him the next day and we had a great conversation. He was retired military so we talked about that for a bit and it turned out that he had several big bores. He bought this on whim but after 2 shoulder surgeries the recoil was just a step too far so decided to get rid of it and keep the 375 Ruger and a few slightly smaller ones. I felt pretty good about him so had no problem sending the check. He asked if I wanted some ammo and reloading dies. Um...yeah... He said he had a couple of boxes with the brass he shot and the dies and would let them go for $75 shipped. Sounded good to me so I included it in the check and off it went.
He emailed me when he got the check and then shipped both the ammo to my house and the gun to the FFL the next day. Today the box with the ammo and dies arrived. For $75 he shipped me 5 boxes of Hornady 400gr DGS and a set of unused Redding Dies. Nearly $400 worth of stuff.
Never ceases to amaze me with the community of shooters out there in the hinterlands and how we help each other out. I'm excited to pick up the rifle which has less than 20rounds through it tomorrow. I can't wait to try it so listen for the giant
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BTW: I asked on a different thread about reloading for this as there is not a lot of data online or in my books for it. I pm'd a member here who had helped me out with another project in the past and sure enough Nobade came through with exactly the information I was looking for. Nobade has a wealth of knowledge and like everyone on this site is always willing to help out in a new endeavor. A big thanks to him both for this and for helping me learn the in's and out's of duplexing loads for a different gun.